Burial-casket carrier.



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BURIAL GASKET 01111111511.

APPLICATION FILED DEC, 27.1906

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L. H. MONTEOS BURIAL GASEE'." GARRER,

APPLIGMION FILED 27, 190e.

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supplyl a rmnrnfahle support for e LEV H. MONTROSS, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

BURAL-CASKET CARRIER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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'.'0 all whom it may Concern.'

Ee it known that L linvi il. lilos'rnoss, a citizen ot the United lStates, residilig' in the city and county ot VCamden, State of New Jersey. have invented a new and useful lurial-Caslret Carrier, of which the lollon'- ing a speeilieation.

The purpose ot niy invention is to provide an elleetive, eonvenien'l' 'strongY and decorative supjiort for easlrets.

A., further purpose o'l` my invention is to avoid. damage to metallic easlrots due to attzielnnent ol' handles thereto. i

jl further purpose oli .my invention' to avoid hiuililing; or the necessity tor exeessive hraeiingf,` ol' the stays ol rashets to aeeonnnodate the handles. j

A 'further purpose oi" iny .invention is to ednre the expense necessarily connected with washets.

A furthe.v purpose of iny invention is to nnilze the handles and deeorations separate parts and reinove thein :at the tiine of burial.

.il 'luriher purpose oi my invrnltioli in to 'ets 'the handles and nny de n'hirh shell sired decorati l "Figure l represents a rushet in iti supporting; 'ltr-inne, the vien' beingperspeetive.' Fig. .represents the traine in. hottoin plan vieni hie'. ."5 represents a trai'isverse seetion of the casket thrrplugh the lian-:iles thereof. Fig. 4 represents a 'Fragmentary section of the lower easlret nieniher and earrier. Fig. 5

represents a perspective view of n hase siini,

lar to that in Fig. i.

Similar numerals of re'lerenee indicate eerresponding parts in the (injures:

Referring to the drawings. i designntes the bottoni portion ot a casket preternhly v nietallie, ha'vi U' a top 2 and supported upon n I a ira-ine 3. 'lllns traine is nitide up oi any suitable pre'hn'ahly vfooden hase structure illustrated. here as eolnposed oi longitudinal l strips l and transverse connecting; strips 5 to forni a strongl hol/toni supporting structure.

This is intended to reeeive and carry the casket. the end also, if desired., l prelerahly attach side and end nieinhers or standnrds in the terni ol panels, plates or strips (i to which the handle brackets arl-i 'attached l have illustrated the side handles eontinuous rods 53 resting Within the supporting .is brackets 7 and capped in -any convenient or desired manner at 9, het it will he evident To thel sides of the freine and iroin that independent handles may be used Within 'the brackets or that other types than independent bracket supported handles may be used upon the strips 6. l have illustrated an independent handle lOfat the end of the casket, this being but one of many types of handle Whieh might be used either with the bracket 7 or Where the handle 6 is completed without separa-te brackets.

liv'hile l preferably attach the panels 6 rigidly to the bottoni frame, it will be evi? dent that the saine may be pivoted as at 11, F 3, so that the entire side parts muy be lient down upon one or both sides or ends to permit a free insertion. or removal of the casket, the parts being afterward retained in position by any suitable ineens such as a latch or spring'.

lt will he evident that the panels orstrips (i rest or may he .inade to rest throughout substantially their entire length'. or through any desired portion ol" their length against the side oi the lower portion of the Casket and might even bridge the joint and rest against the upper portion ol the Gasket, if desired. l. preferably rest? the strip against the side ol the easliet throughout quite an uppreeialile portion of the llengl h of the strip.

in order in enlarge the surlfaee of the. Casket upon nfliieh the erushine strain due/to the lateral component olthe lifting; strain. upon the handle distrilniied and l. preferably terminate the strip G at a point 12 in elose proximity to the preferaliily reinforeed upper edge of the lower easlret ineinher l,` in order that this rein foreed edge may itselfassist in preif'eniiire,I huelding.

The forni of casket illustrated having a lateral' exim-mision :it its upper edge on the lower easlret portieri and having a ril), groove or gutter .vilhin this lateral extension, is found. to oe sullleient to prevent buckling without aileel.in;i tlf/j joint inade between the upper and lower Casketparts and vtherei" 2 erases the molding. upon the casket could be interrupted at the necessary points to permit the plates 6 to pass through the same.`

l have illustrated the decorations 14 in the form of festoons. These l preferably support upon the plates 6, that is, from one plate to another but it will be evident that these also could be secured directly to the casket if desired.

In Fig. 4 l. have shown a section of a side of the lower portion of the casket, the adjoining panel strip' or support, the lower clamp member andV a tube used within the joint. This section shows the support for the casket as cut away to allow the clamp to be placed in position and abutting against this clamp. In it thenlower casket member is shown lflanged and-.guttered at 15, the gut ter being preferably spaced from the body of Vthe casket by a Lateral flange 16 and the flange is preferably extended beyond the gutter at 17, these parts cooperating with thev parts of the upper casket member to form a lioint. The flange cooperates with the panel or strip 6 of the support in two ways, to afford a bearing against lifting strain and to brace against distortion by in vward pressure of the brace upon the casket member at this point. It will be evident that the lateral flanges could be reduced or modiied and under certain vconditions altogether done away with. The flanges 16 and 17, for instance, could be dropped alto ether and the gutter 15 would in that case ,ie directly against the side of 'the lower meinber 2. 1

I have shown clamps 20 as retaining the parts of the joint, the lower-part 21 of such a clamp `being shown in Fie. a. In the i'llu. trations l have shown these clamps at. the strips 6 and have shown the strips 6 cut away at 22 to permit the clamps to lie therebetween. L

It will be evident that a variety of forms of frame can be used and that y'the stri s to which the handles are attached may of any suitablev material or shape and may be varied in osition orv number as desired.

It will Ee evident that the upper portion of my supporting frame may be secured to the lower portion in'any suitabley manner either to 4secure it rigidly thereto as illustrated upon the leftv side of Fig. 3, or to make it movable with respect thereto m any suitable way of which one is shown at the right hand of Fig. 3. lt will also be apparent that the festoons or other decorations may be moved along with the strips Where they are made movable With'frespect to the base and that any decorations on the side and end strips may )e temaorarily detached or loosened for :saudi mm 'nr-nt or that such movement may Toe peruntted by looseness in the decorations.

f l have slu'nvn the strips G arranged Xperate at their upper ends with the flange of the lower casket member rather than 'with the clamp or the l nge and clamp; it will be Seen that Where l refer in this speci 'fication or the claims thereof 'to a plate of strips such as 6, l intend to include any panel or bracket or other structure which would perform the same function and wliieh might consist of but an. outline of' the strip in vquestion".

l preferably use a wooden base or a padded base to prevent metallic ring and undue noise in the contact. of the base with the hearse bottoni. or supports and to cooperate with the usual re yaiming devices when used with these supports, which .cut into the bottom of the casket or base sulliciently to prevent accidental movement of the Collin.

thereon.

lt will oe evident that 'various changes may be made by those skilled in the art, which will come within tlscope of my invention and do not therefore desire to be limited in every instance to the enact construction herecribed. y

g thus f ,s ibed my invention, what c -1' desire to secure by Letters l 1 1n removable carrier tor casnets, a' base aanels secured thereto and handles ser,

7 l cured to said panels.

. movable carrier for easlrets, a base, "en, y panels secured thereto and h. es uniting the panels. i

i rn Table carrier for caskets, a base trarne, supports secured to said base With-esse# Y C, D. Mover,

C. Garne.

lted to engage at their u per 

